Unloading-barge.



N. ROSE.

UNLOADING BARGE.

APPLICATION FILED 0011.25, 1911.

1,040,421. Patented 0011.8,1912.

NICHOLAS ROSE, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

UNLOADING-BARGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct 8, 1912.

Application filed October 25, 1911. Serial No. 656,649.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NICHOLAS ROSE, a citizenof the United States, residing at New Rochelle, in the county ofWestchester and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Unloading-Barges, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to unloading barges, and has for an object toprovide a barge wherein coal or the like can be readily transferredtherefrom to ocean vessels or the like with great rapidity.

Another object of the invention is to provide a form of hopper bottomfor the barge which can be quickly removed from the barge when worn andreplaced by a new bottom at a minimum cost.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple and efficient meansfor fixedly attaching the bottom to the barge.

Another object of the invention is to provide the barge with a dischargeopening and a movable cut-oft and to construct the hopper of the bottomso that the material will be automatically discharged through theopening on the open adjustment of the cut- 0 In the drawing, forming aportion of this specification and in which like numerals of referenceindicate similar parts in the sev eral views :Figure 1 is a top planview of the barge. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section therethrough taken online 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is afragmentary front view of the gate showing means adapted to hold thegate in its adjusted position.

The barge 1 may be of any suitable construction and configuration. Asshown, it is of rectangular form and in one side it is provided with anopening 2 through which extends the discharge chute 3. A cut-off or gate4 is slidably mounted against one side of the barge and itmay beadjusted to uncover or cover the opening 2 as the case may demand. Thegate is preferably connected with an operating lever 5. This lever ismounted on the barge and the means 6 are adapted to engage the lever sothat the gate can be held in its adjusted position. The barge isprovided with a hopper bottom which includes a main portion 7 whichextends the full length of the barge, as shown. The portion 7 may beconstructed of sheet metal, and as shown, it is provided with theattaching flanges 8 which extend against the edges of the side and endwalls respectively of the barge and securely fastened to the angleplates 9. The angle plates are secured, at 10, to the walls of the bargeand each plate is provided with a plurality of upwardly extending stems11 which are passed through the apertures 12 in the flanges 8. The stemsare preferably threaded and the clamping nuts 13 which are engagedtherewith may be brought to bear against the flanges 8 to securely holdthe bottom operatively associated with the barge.

The portion 7 of the bottom is substantially of keystone configurationand it ex- 'tends downwardly from one side of the direction of thedischarge opening 2. The bottom is provided with auxiliary portions 1 1.These portions are substantially of triangular configuration and theyare fitted to the walls of the barge in a manner identical with the modeof attaching the portion 7 thereto as previously described. Theauxiliary portions l i extend downwardly at an angle toward the majorportion 7 of the bottom so that the common discharge of the hopper isimmediately at the opening 2, thereby insuring an automatic discharge ofthe material when the gate 1 is opened. In view of the disposition ofthe auxiliary portions 141 of the bottom with respect to the major ormain portion 7, gutters of substantially V configuration are formed atthe points of intersection of the auxiliary portions with the said mainportions, whereby to direct the material positively toward the dischargeopening 2.

I claim:

A barge including a vessel of rectangular configuration, an angularplate straddling the top edges of the end, rear, and front walls andformed on their top face with upwardly extending stem portions, adischarge barge and in the line with the opening, and flanges carriedopening for said vessel, a sectional bottom hopper forming a part of thevessel and including angularly disposed Walls, the said hopper havingits discharge end rigidly in said stems, and means for rigidly securingthe same to said vessel.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

NICHOLAS ROSE.

by each of the sections of the bottom and Witnesses: overlying the topof said angular plates and GEORGE KOCH, operatively receiving andconnecting the JAMEs LEE.

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